Mango Lassi Recipe | Simply Recipes
BlogHave you tried a mango lassi? It’s the simplest thing, and absolutely delicious! We’ll take one over a milkshake any day… Click Mango Lassi Recipe | Simply Recipes for the full article .
Stricter EU rules on parabens | ScienceNordic
BlogWe do hope this happens! Parabens have come under more and more scrutiny, but they’re unfortunately still used in a vast number of personal care products, even those on babies, yikes! – Parabens are a class of chemicals used as preservatives in a large number of cosmetic products. Parabens have been met with increasing scepticism [...]
Organic Food Purists Worry About Big Companies’ Influence – NYTimes.com
BlogAlways, always, always get to know the company or people who make the products you consume! ‘Organic’ is unfortunately sometimes used as a mask for a lot of things that shouldn’t be in there – The fact is, organic food has become a wildly lucrative business for Big Food and a premium-price-means-premium-profit section of the [...]
Moms’ plasticizer exposure troubling for baby boys — Environmental Health News
BlogWhy choosing safer skincare – especially during pregnancy! – is a must – A woman’s exposure to commonly used plasticizers – called phthalates – during pregnancy may be associated with suboptimal development in babies, finds a South Korean study. Increasing exposure to plastic-softening chemicals in pregnant women was associated with poorer development in their baby [...]
Peeling Back the Label: A Who’s Who of Organic Certification | BioOrganic Concepts
BlogThe number of organic certification bodies out there are mind-boggling! Here’s a guide to some of those outside Australia. We think the ACO is pretty great, but as always, read those ingredients and get to know the companies/farmers you buy from. Nothing beats doing your own research! – ECOCERT Country of origin: France Year of [...]
New Baby Alpaca!
BlogOur first birth of 2013 at Four Cow Farm! Moonlight gave birth in the early hours of Wednesday, April 17th and we’ve got a new baby alpaca to add to the fold. We don’t know yet if our cria’s a boy or a girl, but we’ll figure it out soon! We’ve got a couple of [...]
Four Cow Farm was started by a Midwife, Mum & Grandmother who wanted to make the best possible skincare products for her two little grandchildren (one of whom has eczema). Nanna's labour of love began as a gift to her two little ones. Today, the whole family is committed to providing 'nothing but the best' natural skincare products from our farm in the Blackall Mountain Range of South East Queensland (which runs on 100% green energy!)